Children used cutouts in front of an interactive display called Studio Play in the Cleveland Museum of Art's Gallery One in 2014. A new proposal from arts advocates in Cuyahoga County would create a broader tax on tobacco products to support the arts, replacing the existing 30-cent-a-pack tax.Lisa DeJong, The Plain Dealer
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Arts advocates in Cuyahoga County rejoiced in 2015 when county voters approved a 10-year renewal of the county’s excise tax on cigarettes to support arts and culture by a landslide, with 75.2% in favor.
But it was clear even then that revenues from the 30-cent-a-pack tax would decline because fewer and fewer people were smoking, and because tobacco companies were raising prices in order to maintain profits, which also suppressed consumption and tax revenues.
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